600,000 kilometers, a slightly worrying distance.

"What about the cosmic string network?"

"Mr. Captain, we are about twenty million kilometers away from the nearby cosmic strings. This distance is safe enough unless it is a gravitational fluctuation the size of a black hole. However, there is a convergence of multiple cosmic strings ahead, and we will approach a cosmic string of GB0902. ”

Although the cosmic string is a highway in the universe, it is also a very dangerous place, and if a hostile civilization uses a supergraviton cannon to trigger a large gravitational pull, it is easy to tear the spaceship apart.

Therefore, after entering the normal navigation, the human fleet will keep a certain safe distance from it.

But there is no way to encounter the cosmic string ahead, the cosmic string has horizontal and vertical strings, according to the current course, this cosmic chord in front must pass, the nearest space distance is about 1.2 million kilometers.

Fortunately, the hypergravitational projectile that causes gravitational fluctuations, in order to ensure accuracy, will not be very fast, easy to detect, and then intercepted by lasers.

If that alien spacecraft causes a super-large gravitational pull in the nearest place, it will affect itself first.

Zhang Yuan thought about it for a while, and he issued several orders in a row: "Shrink the formation, always maintain a state of vigilance, and keep an eye on the outside world, especially pay attention to whether there are mine devices near the cosmic string in front." ”

"Laser weapons are ready to fire at any time."

"Electromagnetic cannon...... The electromagnetic cannon is forgotten for the time being. ”

At a distance of 600,000 kilometers, a slow electromagnetic cannon will not be of much use. Electromagnetic guns, as well as nuclear missiles, can only be most effective in close combat.

But then again, the power of laser weapons is actually not as powerful as electromagnetic guns and missiles, if you want to completely destroy Kunlun Mountain with lasers - not impossible, but at least a hundred or even a thousand laser weapons loaded on Kunlun Mountain can do this!

And the most powerful weapon in the Kunlun Mountains should belong to one - helium hydrogen ion cannon!

This ion cannon composed of the strongest acid in the universe can reach a maximum speed of about 70% of the speed of light, and can corrode almost any conventional matter, which can be said to be the strongest under antimatter weapons!

It is precisely because of the existence of these military weapons that mankind has the confidence to go on interstellar voyages. You must know that the 8 million population of Kunlun Mountain is not in vain.

Zhang Yuan took a slight breath and said comfortingly: "Don't worry, everyone, we will definitely come into contact with aliens on this trip...... Let's follow the usual procedure. ”

Since there has never really been an interstellar war, many people are still a little frightened in their hearts, and if there is a real fight, no one knows what will happen...... Spaceships are everyone's life, and war is very, very risky for humanity, and it must be won.

Of course, the risk is the same for the other party. So the probability of inexplicably fighting a war is very low.

Seeing that everyone was silent, Zhang Yuan asked again: "The other party's spaceship, sailing slowly here, how do I feel a very strange feeling...... We had 30 hours to meet, and now the whole fleet had no time to turn drastically. Do you have any special ideas? ”

"For example, sending signals to the other party, exchanging some common knowledge of the universe, or in other words, exchanging science and technology. As for material exchange, it is basically impossible, and our ships are now so fast that it is very difficult to receive each other's materials...... The two sides just met in the water, so everyone didn't have to be so nervous. ”

Before the words fell, an important report from the astronomical observation room suddenly came from the big screen in the center - it was actually an electromagnetic wave information sent by the other party's spacecraft!

The relevant technicians have completed the entire translation work, and Li Zhendong, who was sitting next door, had his eyes lit up and read it out directly:

"Unknown civilization, hello, this is the Amoeba Civilization-D00987 information relay station."

"We want to trade first-hand information about the interstellar civilizations in the galaxy, and provide scientific and technological information below level 4 civilizations...... If you are interested, you can communicate with us. ”

The translation of this paragraph is very easy to understand: the other party is a transit point for information technology transactions.

There is also a large list of dictionary sequences about the language of the Gaian civilization, through which it is possible to easily translate these words, as if for fear that humans would not be able to understand the information.

Even if humans have mastered this kind of writing.

"This dictionary sequence is more complete than the information we have." An informatician flipped through a few pages on his tablet and exclaimed, "Good stuff, earned!" ”

"In this way, we have a complete grasp of the voice of the Gaian civilization."

Moreover, the amoeba civilization happened to be a civilization that human beings had heard of, so that many people were excited at once. The common sense of the universe, especially the common sense between interstellar civilizations, the knowledge that human beings lack the most, may be made up for in this transaction!

Dr. Li Cheng next to him suddenly said: "Amoeba civilization...... I think I've heard of it somewhere. Oh, by the way, Captain Zhang once heard about it in that high-dimensional prison, the story of hundreds of years ago, it should be a very powerful civilization, right? ”

This remark sparked the approval of many people.

In particular, the act of giving away dictionary sequences from the beginning of this civilization has won everyone's favor by not hiding them.

Things gather like things, people divide into groups, and the civilization that can make contact with the Gaia civilization should be very powerful if you think about it with your little finger, but it turns out that there is an information transfer station here, and the content of the transaction is exactly what human beings need most.

"If there is enough common sense of the universe, the communication between civilizations will be safer and smoother in the future."

"Maybe there's curvature technology."

Listening to everyone's excited discussion, Zhang Yuan shook his head and said in a low voice: "Don't take it lightly, first of all, don't say whether this is an amoeba civilization or not...... Does it say yes, is it? ”

"Secondly, how to say it...... The civilization that can come into contact with the Gaia civilization is a thousand times ten thousand times stronger than us! ”

"Even if the fleet of the amoeba civilization is very friendly and very contract-abiding in front of the Gaia civilization, it is because the Gaia civilization is strong enough. Who knows what kind of attitude the amoeba will have towards a more inferior civilization......"

A deputy captain surnamed Song said: "For this problem, I don't think there is too much to worry about, if the amoeba civilization is a very powerful civilization, there is no need to plunder the low-level civilization, otherwise it will be notorious for a long time, and it is impossible to become a famous cosmic merchant." We are worth this point, where is there real fame and value, we are only a second-level civilization. ”

This also makes sense, even if you want to rob, you have to catch the right fat sheep. To put it mildly, there is nothing special about human beings that deserves to be ruined by the other party's reputation.

"In other words, since this is just a transit station, there is probably no life in it, and it is likely that the person controlling the spacecraft is only artificial intelligence...... This also explains why this transit station is moving so slowly, staying at the intersection of cosmic strings. In fact, is it just waiting for the arrival of interstellar civilization and trading information? ”